#8A90A2#8A90A2

#8A90A2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.028 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A90A2
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 162)
HSL	hsl(225, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, 1.64, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 10.35, 279.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0005 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.028 271)
XYZ	xyz(26.9746, 27.9580, 38.1507)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A90A2 #A29C8A

analogous

#8A9CA2 #8A90A2 #908AA2

triadic

#8A90A2 #A28A90 #90A28A

tetradic

#8A90A2 #A28A9C #A29C8A #8AA290

square

#8A90A2 #A28A9C #A29C8A #8AA290

split-complementary

#8A90A2 #A2908A #9CA28A

monochromatic

#4F5463 #6A7185 #8A90A2 #ACB0BD #CED1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8A90A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#8A90A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A90A2

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A90A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A90A2	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a90a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.028 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb0bd',
    500: '#8a90a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a90a2;
$custom-light: #acb0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a90a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65444,
    "c": 0.02763,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.27958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A90A2

secondary

#C9C6BF

accent

#A473B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A90A2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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